Example sentences of "set the target " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1978 , Gary Player had birdied the hole for a 64 to set the target , but Watson , needing a par to tie , hooked from the tee and his second shot scuttled off the left edge of the green from where there is little chance of getting down in two more . |
| 2 | Sit her down and tell her exactly what her job is , set the targets and what you expect her to achieve . |
| 3 | As he explains ( 1987 , pp. 19–20 ) the essential objective was to ‘ find out what was happening in my department and who was responsible for making it happen , who had set the targets , what the targets were and whether they were being monitored . |
| 4 | Moon had set the target early in the day . |
| 5 | In bright afternoon sunshine , Chip Beck , the American Ryder Cup player , forged firmly to the front , overtaking Brad Bryant , who had earlier set the target with a 69 and a total of 136 . |
| 6 | Duncan Knight , having set the target speed at 110 m.p.h. , was closely followed by Tony Marti at 105 m.p.h. , but Marcus Robinson also clocked up 105 m.p.h. so a ‘ play-off ’ was arranged . |
| 7 | Burun had set the target back in its original position , an easy shot . |
| 8 | We 've set the target of the year 2000 to make all rights of way accessible and the action pack should help to achieve that . |
| 9 | It sets the target of reducing atmospheric pollution by 40 per cent over the next decade , and of stabilizing carbon dioxide emissions at their present level by the year 2000 ( fast becoming the widely accepted consensus target — see EDs 39 and 40 ) . |
| 10 | Therefore part of the appraisal is setting the target to be competent in the job . |
| 11 | During the negotiations , was the Minister a party to setting the target of acceptability for the west coast main line at 90 per cent ? |
| 12 | Ceauşescu set the target : $10 billion had to be repaid by the end of the decade . |
| 13 | Mike Mahoney , Newcastle 's director of rugby , set the target of promotion to Division One in three years when he moved into the Kingston Park hot seat . |